Releasable hook



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Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT crie.

Y WILLAM.' GOETZ, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

RELEASABLE noon.

Application led September 22, 1920. Serial No. 412,078.

T o all wh om it may concern Be it known that l, VILLLAM Gon'rz, citi- Zen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Releasable Hooks, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to a means for releasably connecting a wire guy rope to its anchorage. f

Though particularly designed with this object, it may be applicableto many other uses in connection with wire rope transmission, where immediate release of a tight line is required, the object of the invention being to provide a releasable hook which is positively held in the securing position and with the opening to the hook closed when in use.

rlhe` invention is particularly described in the following specification, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the hook, the full lines indicating the hook in the secured position, andthe dot and dash lines in the position of release. v

Fig. 2 is a plan of the hook as shown in Fig. 1. V

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-8 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow, and

Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4 4 in Fig. 1.

in these drawings 2 represents a hook which is pivotally mounted at 3 betweenthe open sides 4v of a member 5 by which the hook is connected to its ancho-rage in a manner to be described later.

The shank 6 of the hook 2 is free to move between the sides 4 of the connecting member in the direction of the arrow, and when in the retaining position lies between them with the outwardly turned end 9 reduced in thickness to pass between the sides of a locking member 7, which is pivotally mounted at 8 between the side members 4.

This locking member 7 is extended and curved Jforward as at 10 to close the opening to the hook 2 when it is in the retaining position, but is susceptible of being moved on its pivot pin 8 to effect release of the hook, as indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig.

l, when the shank 6 of the hook is free to turn backward in the. direction of the arrow to the release position indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 1.

A projection 15 is provided on each side of the locking member 7, on which a blow may be delivered to release the hook without the operator exposing himself to the risk of being injured by the released hook.

The locking member 7 is secured in the locked position by a pin 13 rwhich passes through apertures in the sides ot' 7 and through a registering aperture inthe outwardly turned end 9 of the hook shank.

When a blow is struck on the projection 15 to drive the member 7 'from the full line to the dot and dash line position in Figure 1 the pin 13 is sheared eli' and the hook is released.

The member 5 in which the hook 2, 6 is mounted has suitable provision for .connection of it to the anchorage. ln the drawing it is shown as bent to form a hook 11 to receive a sling or shackle connected to the anchorage, and the tip of this hook is enlarged or' mushroomed as at 12 to prevent accidental release from the connection.

It will be noted that the shank 6 of the hook 2 is checked in the-retaining position between the sides 4 by contact oi the back of the shank with the pin 8 on whichy the lockingmember 7 is mounted, and that the shank end 9 is also checked against the pin 8 when the hook 2 swings round o n being released from a tight line.

Attention is also drawn to the fact that the locking member 7 is stopped at the locked position with the apertures registering for the reception of the pin 13 by contact of its produced end 10 with the point or the hook 2.

A It will be noted that the hook 2 is positively held by the locking member 7 against inversion to eiect release. The pin 13 only prevents movement of that locking member to eii'ect release.

rlhe device is a simple and efficient one for the purpose for which it is designed, as the tension or pull applied to the hook 2 tends to invert it, when freed from the retaining means, the bend of the hook being out of line of the pivot 3 on which it turns: Yet when in use the hook is positively held against inversion by the retaining member 7 which is plvotally mounted at practically the same radial distance; from the pivot 3 as the retaining engagement of 7 on the end 9.0i the shank. i

The fact that the retaining member 7 serves also when in use, the-purpose of clos,- ing the hook opening, is advantageous .in

that the hook is always closed when it canA be used as such,-that is, when it is secured in the holding position by the member 7 Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare that what- I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

, l. A releasable hook, comprising in combinaton. a member having provision at one l end for connecting it to a line'or anchorage andthe other end lengthwise divided into 'two parallel and adjacent sides, a hook pivend for connecting it toa line or anchorage and toward the 'other end 'lengthwise dividedinto two parallel sides, a hook pivotally mounted between'the sides of the connecting member adjacent'fthe bend of vthe hook to the'shank, the 'end of the .shankof kthe hook being turned ltoward the point Vof the hook,v a retaining member pivotally mounted von the sides 'of the connecting member vand adapted lto be moved over the turned endy of the shank `of the hook,` and means for connecting the retaining member to the end of the shank. f

3. A releasable hook, comprising in com-v bination a' member which 'atrfonefend 4vhas and toward the other end is divided length- -wiser/into twoparallelsides, a hook pivotally mounted Ybetweenfthe sides of the connecting member that the shank of the provision -for connecting -it to an anchorage hook may normally lie between the sides,

a retaining member'pivotally mounted on the connecting member to turn over that side ofthe shankwhich is. toward the hook, said retaining member beingfextended to close access to the hook when' in the retaining position, and means `t'orsecnring 'the retaining member in the 'retaining and closv ing-position. a A

45A releasable -hook",'compr1s1ng 1n combination, a member having at one end 4provision 'for connecting `1t [to any anchorage and atl the other end divided lengthwise, Va hook pivotally mounted adjacent the bend of the hook to the shank betweenl the lengthwise divided sides vof 'the connecting mem-v ber thefend vof the shank of the hook vbeing turned 'toward the point of" the saine vand reduced in thickness, a retaining meinber `pivotally 4`mounted inthe lconnecting member at a radial distance from the`l pivot of the hook approximately the sameasthat of the'reduced endoffthe shank, which' res# taining, member is slotted." to fit vover that reduced end 'and extended f therebeyondtol contact with the pointl ofthe hook-when Ain the retainingposition anda pin passing through apertures 1n the retaining'fmember,

and an'aperture in 'the'reduced end of the shank. ,Y 11g In testimony whereof I 'affixmy signature.,

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